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LIVING WELL CHRONIC PAIN
Techniques to deal with
frustration, fatigue, isolation,
and poor sleep
Appropriate exercise for
maintaining and improving
strength
Appropriate use of medications
Communicating effectively with
family, friends, and health
professionals
Nutrition, pacing activity, and
rest
How to evaluate new treatments
In six, two-and-one-half
hour sessions, you wil l learn
about:
This class is for you if:You have a primary or secondary diagnosis of chronic pain.You experience chronic neck, shoulder, or back pain; fibromyalgia;whiplash injuries; repetitive strain injury; post-surgical pain that lastsbeyond 6 months; neuropathic pain (often caused by trauma); orneuralgias (such as post-herpetic pain, and trigeminal neuralgia).You experience persistent headache, Crohn’s disease, irritable bowelsyndrome, diabetic neuropathy, or severe muscular pain due toconditions such as multiple sclerosis.
What participants say:“It was valuable knowing that other
people have the same issues. The 'I'
communications, action-planning,
positive thinking, pacing, and problem
solving. This program was so good - I
came away with so many valuable
techniques that I can do that I didn't
even think of before.”
M A K E F E E L I N G G O O D Y O U R T O P P R I O R I T Y
WITH
Join us for this small-group class, in your community, with your neighbors.The class is a combination of presentations, discussion, and activities with
others who have similar experiences. Participants make weekly action plans,share experiences, and help each other solve problems.
THE PROGRAM, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN
AS “CHRONIC PAIN SELF-MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM,” WAS DEVELOPED BY
STANFORD UNIVERSITY AND IS
MANAGED BY THE SELF-MANAGEMENT
RESOURCE CENTER (SMRC).